Ensemble Draca performs a program showcasing songs through the centuries and across the world, featuring song repertoire from Renaissance England, the French baroque court, early baroque Italy, the Scottish folk tradition, and American folk songs in original arrangements.
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Debussy Centennial Festival, program 3 – Friday, July 6 at 8 pm
Debussy Centennial Festival, program three, featuring performances of Debussy’s complete set of 24 Preludes, Books I & II, with pianists Steven Bailey, Christopher Basso, Daniel Glover, Jeffrey LaDeur, Keisuke Nakagoshi, and Robert Schwartz. The Festival is sponsored in part by R. Kassman, Purveyor of Fine Pianos.
Continue readingHenry Plotnick & Friends – Friday, August 17 at 8 pm
Jazz pianist and composer Henry Plotnick brings his unique, energetic musicianship to Old First Concerts in a very special concert of jazz standards, originals, and work by new composers. Just seventeen years old, he has performed throughout the Bay Area at venues such as Davies Symphony Hall, SFMOMA, California Jazz Conservatory, Stanford University, JCCSF, Legion of Honor, Contemporary Jewish Museum, and San Francisco City Hall.
Continue readingBridge Piano Quartet – Sunday, July 1 at 4 pm
The Bridge Piano Quartet is honored to present the world premiere by noted composer Chad Cannon’s Gateway: Stories from Angel Island for piano quartet, narrator, butoh dance, and electronics, alongside works by Frank Bridge and W. A. Mozart.
Continue readingWill Chow & Yi-Fang Wu – Sunday, August 19 at 4 pm
Will Chow, a cellist of the Pittsburgh Symphony, joins Bay Area pianist Yi-Fang Wu on a Sunday afternoon to present a wide sampling of works for cello and piano by Bach, Beethoven, Chopin, Kapustin, and Piazzolla.
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